{"id":102570,"date":"2023-01-17T18:56:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102570"},"modified":"2023-01-17T18:56:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:56:42","slug":"inec-chairman-in-chatham-house-says-nigerian-voting-population-more-than-rest-of-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/inec-chairman-in-chatham-house-says-nigerian-voting-population-more-than-rest-of-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Chairman in Chatham House says Nigerian voting population more than rest of West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1755292771730578417\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said available data indicates that Nigeria has 16.7 million more voters than the rest of West Africa.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nYakubu made the revelation on Tuesday afternoon, while delivering a lecture at Chatham House, London on the topic \u2018Nigeria\u2019s 2023 Elections: Preparations and Priorities for Electoral Integrity and Inclusion\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on figures compiled from electoral commissions and interior ministries in West Africa, Nigeria\u2019s current voter population is 16.7 million higher than the 76.7 million registered in all the other countries put together\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and there are 14 other elections in the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that a general election in Nigeria is like conducting an election in the whole of West Africa and beyond,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu dismissed any speculation of plans to put off the elections scheduled for February 25th and March 11th, saying INEC is not contemplating let alone planning to postponing the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe are going ahead to conduct the election as scheduled,\u201d he said, adding\u00a0that though there are \u201ctremendous\u201d challenges and expectations of INEC, the Commission was a beneficiary of \u201cenormous\u201d goodwill in Nigeria and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can surmount the challenges and ensure elections continue to get better,\u201d the INEC chairman said.<\/p>\n<p>Early choice of election technology management tools, especially the main election technology, is very critical for success, according to him.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe know that political actors often try to undermine the process by attacking the technology, casting doubts on its suitability, bypassing its use or indeed seeking to undermine its security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis informed the early choice of a new voter accreditation technology, using an electronic device called Bimordal Voter Accreditation System,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said available data indicates that Nigeria has 16.7 million more voters than the rest of West&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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